Havana, Cuba
Colon Cemetery, Havana
El Cementerio de Cristóbal Colón, also called La Necrópolis de Cristóbal Colón, was founded in 1876 in the Vedado neighbourhood of Havana, Cuba, to replace the Espada Cemetery in the Barrio de San Lázaro. Named for Christopher Columbus, the cemetery is noted for its many elaborately sculpted memorials. It is estimated the cemetery has more than 500 major mausoleums.
- City
- Havana
- Country
- Cuba
- Category
- Historic
- Suggested visit
- About 90 minutes
More places in Havana
- Old Havana
- Malecón, Havana
- USS Maine
- Castillo de los Tres Reyes Del Morro
- Museum of the Revolution
- Basilica of San Francisco de Asís, Havana
Background: Wikipedia